Object permanence

2005, 2015, 2020, 2024.

I’m on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels. Catch me at NEW ZEALAND’S UNITY BOOKS in AUCKLAND (May 2, 6PM) and WELLINGTON (May 3, 3PM). More tour stops (Pittsburgh, PDX, London, Manchester) here.

#20yrsago TSA screener: 2-book max on flights https://ross.typepad.com/blog/2005/04/books_banned_on.html

#20yrsago HOWTO overclock a Texas Instruments graphing calculator http://richfiles.solarbotics.net/Turbo.html

#10yrsago Canada’s Tories say the government’s new slogan is a state secret https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-s-strong-proud-free-slogan-can-t-be-explained-because-it-s-a-secret-1.3036571

#10yrsago TSA trained Disney World’s plainclothes in its voodoo “terrorism detection” methods https://theintercept.com/2015/04/16/mickey-mouse-blog-blog/

#10yrsago Hereditary Republican Congressjerk who leads Transport Committee admits sleeping with airline lobbyist https://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/bill-shuster-admits-personal-relationship-with-lobbyist-117054

#5yrsago Reflections on fictional pandemics during a real one https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/17/pack-of-knaves/#so-much-cooking

#5yrsago DoJ to convicted fraudsters: keep your money! https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/17/pack-of-knaves/#impunity

#5yrsago Health insurance industry in rosy good health https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/17/pack-of-knaves/#sick-industry

#5yrsago Ellen DeGeneres’s union crew takes paycuts while Ellen records from home with non-union contractors https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/17/pack-of-knaves/#be-kind

#5yrsago Charlie Stross on how we’ll screw up the “re-opening” https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/17/pack-of-knaves/#brexit-too

#1yrago The true post-cyberpunk hero is a noir forensic accountant https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/17/panama-papers-fanfic/#the-1337est-h4x0rs